Institutions incorporated outside Sri Lanka and individuals resident outside Sri Lanka inclusive of Sri Lankan residents out side Sri Lanka are permitted to buy and/or sell shares in a listed company of Colombo Stock Exchange up to 100% of the issued capital of such company.

PROCEDURE FOR INVESTMENT AND REPATRIATION OF PROCEEDS FOR NON RESIDENTS
Investment in shares in Sri Lanka and repatriation of proceeds should take place through Share Investment External Rupee Accounts (SIERA) opened with licensed commercial banks, which are appointed as Authorized Dealers in foreign exchange under the Exchange Control Act.

GETTING STARTED - COLOMBO STOCK EXCHANGE (CSE)
• How do you purchase shares
• Types of securities traded at the CSE
• What is Central Depository Systems (Pvt) Ltd?
• How do I open a CDS account?
• What is the purpose of my CDS account?
• What is the reason for holding my securities in scrip-less form?
• Who are stockbrokers?
• Can I use a different broker from the one I have been using?
• How Safe Is CDS?
• Read more...

CSE - DEBT MARKET
The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) has facilities for the secondary trading of Corporate and Government Securities. A separate trading system (DEX) and a separate clearing and settlement mechanism is in place for debt securities. Presently 69 corporate debt securities are listed on the CSE. All Government Debt is tradable through the DEX system.Read more...

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